Introduction to VFX in Maya and After Effects

The Softwares

A course by John Bashyam , Digital Artist and Director

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2,520 students

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About the video: The Softwares

Overview

“Next, I will share a brief explanation of each of the softwares that we will use and what we will be needing them for.”

In this video lesson John Bashyam addresses the topic: The Softwares, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to VFX in Maya and After Effects. Learn the VFX pipeline from start to finish, and create a realistic video with surreal elements by rendering and compositing objects into live action footage.

Partial transcription of the video

“So now that you learned about the final project and the skills that you need to complete it, In this lesson, we'll learn about each software and what they do. So we'll be learning about Maya. Redshift. After Effects and SynthEyes. So let's get to it. So the first program that we'll be using is called SynthEyes, and this is a 3D tracking software. As you can see here, when I scroll through the timeline, There's a lot of tracking dots placed all over the scene, and those are being used to solve for a 3D camera. And this is how we can place objects, like the ground and some reference geometry....”

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Course summary for: Introduction to VFX in Maya and After Effects

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (41)
2520 students
5 units
30 lessons (7h 5m)
7 downloads

Category
3D & Animation
Software
Adobe After Effects, Maya
Areas
3D, 3D Animation, 3D Modeling, Animation, Audiovisual Post-production, Character Animation, Film, Film, Video & TV, Photography Post-production, VFX, Video Editing

John Bashyam

A course by John Bashyam

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Digital Artist and Director

John Bashyam is a digital artist, director, and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in film and animation, he went on to co-found Warm & Fuzzy, an animation, visual effects, and design studio with offices in LA and Colorado.

His studio is on the cutting edge of digital technology, servicing some of the top brands in the world, including Nike, adidas, New Balance, Honda, Budweiser, Reddit, Facebook, NBC, Apple, Disney, and Lululemon, among others. He’s also worked on films like Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant Man, Ghostbusters, The Finest Hours, The Shallows, The Walk, and Unbroken, and as a visual effects artist at Coachella for artists like The Weeknd, Muse, ACDC, Guns N’ Roses, Skrillex, Kaskade, Zedd, Kid Cudi, and many more.